The more you understand, the more you love; the more you love, the more you understand.

Whoever told you that practice and enlightenment are separate?

The most important factor in achieving happiness is the mind. Happiness and suffering are mental states and therefore depend on the mind.

The past is gone, the future is not yet here. Live in the present moment with awareness.

The Dhamma unfolds in accordance with a definite sequence: faith, virtue, learning, generosity, wisdom, and insight.

The practice of Dharma is a constant battle within oneself.

The Four Noble Truths are not mere doctrinal propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our lives.

The path to liberation is a gradual path of self-discipline, self-development, and self-transformation.

The instant you speak about a thing, you miss the mark.

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

The only thing that we truly have control over is our attitude toward experience.

The real purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Mindfulness is attention to life, and life itself is sacred.

When mindfulness and concentration are strong, insight into the three characteristics naturally unfolds.

Personal experience is everything in Zen. No ideas are intelligible to those who have no backing of experience.

Forgiveness is letting go of the hope that the past could have been any different.

The world is its own magic.

In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived, how well we have loved, how well we have learned to let go.

The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.

When mindfulness is weak, defilements are strong; when mindfulness is strong, defilements are weak.

Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts.

The sign of wisdom is constant joy.

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

The more clearly you see the arising and passing of phenomena, the less you will be attached to them.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

The purpose of Buddhist practice is not to become a Buddhist but to awaken to the nature of reality.

Do not mistake understanding for realization, and do not mistake realization for liberation.

Your own treasure house contains everything you need; why search outside?

The goal of the Buddhist path is not to add something to our existence but to discover something that has been there all along.